Roanoke Rapids Opens Season With Littleton Clash
Roanoke Rapids High School Yellow Jackets co-captains Coyt Brown and Raiford Green lead a mostly new squad in the season opener at Littleton tomorrow afternoon around 4 oclock. Littleton is described as fast and aggressive with a strong forward wall and crafty backfield. The article also notes local discussions on parkland gift, school building projects, and WPA funded expansion at the Negro School amid crowding concerns.
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Coyt Brown
Raiford Green
Roanoke Rapids
Littleton
Yellow Jackets
Littleton Boys
Yellow Jax
J. C. Hoyle
School Board Seeks Whitaker Land for City Park
At yesterday's school board meeting a resolution approved accepting a tract of land from T. Lee Whitaker for park development in the city. The action aligns with plans to enhance public recreation space.
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School Board
Board of Education
T. Lee Whitaker
County Board Set To Hear Plea At Next Meeting
The county board of commissioners will hear a plea at its upcoming meeting, inviting supporters to present their case and seek county action on the issue. Local officials have scheduled time for public input and discussion.
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County Board of Commissioners
Roanoke Rapids Community Chest Plans Drive Week of Oct 12
Plans advance for the fourth Roanoke Rapids Community Chest campaign with E. H. Graves as chair. W L Medlin H S Loy and T R Wilson named as division Colonels to organize majors and assistants. An educational drive in local schools offers prizes for essays and posters on What The Community Chest Has Done For My Community.
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Roanoke Rapids Community Chest
E. H. Graves
W. L. Medlin
Special Gifts
H. S. Loy
T. R. Wilson
Community Chest
Roanoke Rapids
Pontiac Display By Nash Showcases 1942 Line
Nash Pontiac announces a Roanoke Avenue First Streets display of the 1942 Pontiac line. The new models offer fifteen new features, come in six and eight cylinder versions, are longer and heavier, with larger brakes and plastics door handles replacing die cast metal. G H Nash emphasizes no quality sacrifice for defense program materials.
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Pontiac
Nash Motor Company
Roanoke Avenue
First Streets
G. H. Nash
Nash
Board Considers Sanatorium Rules With Health Officers
A called meeting of the county board of commissioners reviewed rules for governing patients at the Halifax Sanatorium as presented by Dr. Robert F. Young health officer. No action was taken as articles require approval from the county Medical Society committee and the Halifax Board of Health.
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County Board of Commissioners
Robert F. Young
Halifax Sanatorium
County Medical Society
Halifax Board of Health
Edwards May Alston Begins ECT College in Greenville
Edith May Alston left for Greenville Wednesday where she entered ECT College. Vincent Wyche has returned to Chapel Hill where he entered college for the coming winter. Mrs. R. H. Hamel spent the weekend in Raleigh.
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Edith May Alston
Greenville
R. H. Hamel
Raleigh
Vincent Wyche
Chapel Hill
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Board of
School Trustees
R. L. Towe
Vance Street
Bahnson Weathers
W. T. Hodges
Board of School Trustees
E. W. Smith
John Armstrong
WPA
Halliwell
Lucy Hasty Beauty Shoppe
Anne S. Jenkins
Mgr
Roanoke
Stoker
Pocahontas
Carl Thompson, Mer
Colonial Ice CO
R. B. Purdy, Mer
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